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2024-04-262024-04-26 By: UnHerd

The scandals haunting Pope Francis

The cardinals are already meeting to discuss who should be the next pope. Some of the liberal ones, who feel safe because they’re in favour with the ailing Pope Francis, can be seen comparing notes in a bar near the …

2024-04-04 By: UnHerd

Taxi drivers are corrupting Italy

Recently, an octogenarian couple from the UK came to visit me in Parma. Theirs was an all-day journey: a three-hour car trip, a two-hour flight, then a three-hour train journey. By the time they finally arrived, they were exhausted.

But …

2024-04-04 By: UnHerd

Taxi drivers are corrupting Italy

Recently, an octogenarian couple from the UK came to visit me in Parma. Theirs was an all-day journey: a three-hour car trip, a two-hour flight, then a three-hour train journey. By the time they finally arrived, they were exhausted.

But …

2023-09-262023-09-30 By: UnHerd

Can the Pope survive the Rupnik scandal?

It’s the eyes — swollen, dark and merciless — that everyone notices. They stare out from the mosaic walls of some of the most beloved shrines in the Catholic World, including Lourdes, Fatima and St Padre Pio.

They’ve been called …

2023-07-072023-07-08 By: UnHerd

The shadow of Pax Romana

To his army of ardent followers, Tom Holland has a unique ability to bring antiquity alive. An award-winning British historian, biographer and broadcaster, his thrilling accounts offer more than a mere snapshot of life in Ancient Greece and Rome. In …

2023-05-08 By: Hugo talking